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Church bulletin bloopers

A bean supper will be held on Saturday evening in the church basement. Music will immediately follow.

Announcement in the church bulletin for a National Prayer and Fasting Conference: "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes meals."

At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be "What is Hell?" Come early and listen to our choir practice.

Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch. The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.

Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Memorial Church in Racine. Come tonight and hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

Don't let worry kill you off -- let the church help.

During the absence of our Pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when J.F. Stubbs supplied our pulpit.

For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on Oct. 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.

"Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your husbands."

Miss Charlene Mason sang, "I will not pass this way again," giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.

Next Sunday is the family hay ride and bonfire at the Fowlers'. Bring your own hot dogs and guns. Friends are welcome! Everyone come for a fun time.

Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.

On Sunday, a special collection will be taken to defray the expenses of the new carpet. All those wishing to do something on the new carpet, come forward and get a piece of paper.

Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in the recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.

Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 p.m. -- prayer and medication to follow.

Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.

Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say "hell" to someone who doesn't care much about you.

The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: "I Upped My Pledge -- Up Yours!"

The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.

The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the church basement Friday at 7:00 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind and they may be seen in the church basement on Friday afternoon.

The Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Please use the back door.

The Lutheran Men's group will meet at 6:00 p.m. Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and dessert will be served for a nominal feel.

The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing, "Break Forth Into Joy."

The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.

The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled due to a conflict.

The rosebud on the alter this morning is to announce the birth of David Alan Belzer, the sin of Rev. and Mrs. Julius Belzer.

The sermon this morning: "Jesus Walks on Water." The sermon tonight: "Searching for Jesus."

The service will close with "Little Drops Of Water". One of the ladies will start quietly and the rest of the congregation will join in.

This afternoon there will be a meeting in the south and north ends of the church. Children will be baptised at both ends.

This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Johnson to come forward and lay an egg at the alter.

This evening at 7:00 p.m. there will be a hymn sung in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

Thursday at 5:00 p.m. there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All wishing to become little mothers, please see the minister in his study.

Thursday night Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

Tonights sermon: What is hell? Come early and listen to our choir practice.

Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk, come early.

Wednesday the ladies liturgy society will meet. Mr. Johnson will sing, "Put Me In My Little Bed," accompanied by the pastor.

Weight Watchers will meet at 7:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use the large double door at the side entrance.


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